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In the same boat?

Anyways, imagine a group of people going far out to sea in a small boat. How does it feel? Soon, the waves begin to rise. The men then realize they have not brought enough food to last everybody for a week, the previously planned period of travel. Members among the crew begin to quarrel with each other, some wanting to abandon the trip immediately and return home. And things like that.

Imagine yourself in this situation and you’d understand what it means to be in the same boat with someone else.

Yes, you share the safe fate. You share the same risks and a common desire not to let any mishap happen – the ship itself may capsize, for instance.

In that type of situation, they have to work together, put differences aside and make a concerted effort in order to overcome their common difficulties and get safely back to shore together.

Alright?

All right. Here are a few of many media examples of situations where people find themselves to be, figuratively, in the same boat with others:

1. Microsoft and Google, the Hatfields and McCoys of the high-tech industry, have carried their scrap into the race to digitize health care.

The tech rivals launched similar personal health record services in 2007. Both are pitching consumers on an electronic record that they can control and share, as they see fit, with health care providers. With Google Health and Microsoft’s HealthVault, consumers can maintain a digital health record that contains various data from medical offices, hospitals, pharmacies, and even patients themselves.